Sue McGovern, President of Sands of Time Antiquities, was born in Sydney, Australia and has been involved in ancient art, specializing in Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Holy Land antiquities since 1975.   While her initial interest in ancient art was as a private collector, her professional focus was design, implementation and management of information technology strategies in government, legal and corporate environments.

 In early 1992 Sue began her career as a professional dealer in antiquities.  She opened a retail gallery, Sands of Time Antiquities, in Sydney, Australia buying and selling antiquities on a professional level while providing guidance to new collectors and working with select clients to enhance existing collections.

 Upon relocating with her American husband to the USA in 1998, Sue decided to combine her information technology skills with her enthusiasm for ancient art by establishing a web-based dot.com company offering antiquities via the internet.  In June 2000, Sue was one of the first experts to sell ancient art through the prestigious Sothebys.com site, a newly established on-line Internet auction facility.

 In 2001, Sue opened the Sands of Time Antiquities gallery in Houston, TX near NASA and when the family moved to Washington DC in 2004, Sue relocated the gallery to the historic district of Georgetown.   The Sands of Time gallery stocks a wide variety of objects in every price range, that date from between 4000BC to the 8th century AD.  Geographically, they originate from Egypt, the Near East and Europe and include objects fashioned from marble, bronze, glass, gold, pottery and stone.  Those with a passion for anything from Roman gladiators to Egyptian kings are likely to find something of interest at the gallery.  Restoration, appraisal, and professional consulting services are also available to amateur and serious collectors, dealers, scholars and museums worldwide. 

Sue’s extensive market-related experience includes travel to domestic and international markets and regular attendance of the leading antiquity auctions in New York, London and continental Europe.

Her contact with the international market is continually reinforced by the interaction that takes place at the international Art Fairs such as, CULTURA in Basel, TEFAF in Maastricht and BAAF in Brussels.   In addition to attending auction and special show offerings, Sue further provides active appraisal work and is in the process of completing the year-long accreditation program with the International Society of Appraisers where she is an active member of good standing.

Sands of Time produces fully illustrated catalogues and brochures featuring fine quality ancient art and represents an international clientele at many of the major auctions throughout the world.   Sue is a member in good standing with the following organizations and associations:  

Organizational Memberships and Associations
International Society of Appraisers
Archaeological Institute of America
American Research Center in Egypt
Ancient Coin Collectors Guild
The American Numismatic Society

Categories
Ancient & Ethnographic Art
Ancient Coins
Asian Art